internal communications

For about eight years, the group hacked into U.S. companies including Alcoa Inc., United States Steel Corp. and Westinghouse Electric Co. to steal “sensitive, internal communications,” the Department of Justice alleges.

HSBC Holdings Plc did business with firms linked to terrorism, failed to guard against money- laundering violations in Mexico and bypassed U.S. sanctions against Iran, according to U.S. Senate investigators.